Israeli born Avinoam Shalev is the 1st prize winner of the International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2018 and had his Wigmore Hall debut in 2019. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in the fields of piano, harpsichord, organ and musicology in 2011 in Tel Aviv. After moving to Hanover, Germany, he acquired two Master’s degrees in harpsichord and historical pianos, respectively. He is an experienced solo and chamber music performer, playing concerts in Germany, Israel, the USA, Central and South America, France, Belgium and Russia. He has played solo recitals at the Göttingen Händel Festspiele, Israel Mozart Festival and in Northern Italy. He is scheduled to play at the Bach Festival in Leipzig and the Bachwoche Ansbach.
He is part of the production “Händel goes Tinder”, which will be performed in festivals across the Netherlands and abroad during 2019 and 2020. He co-founded prize-winning Ensemble Arava and Concert des Amis. He is also a founding member of Lynx Ensemble, combining Swedish folk music with continental European Baroque arrangements. Avinoam is an adjunct professor (Lehrbeauftragter) at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.